BACK: interspinales | intertransversarii | multifidus | rotatores | sacrospinalis | semispinalis | splenius capitis | splenius cervicis A top-down view of skeletal muscle Muscle is a contractile form of tissue. ... This is a list of muscles of the human anatomy. ... Look up Back on Wiktionary, the free dictionary In anatomy, the back usually refers to the posterior side of the torso in humans and other primates. ... these muscles sometimes hurt me. ... Intertransversarii muscles The Intertransversarii are small muscles placed between the transverse processes of the vertebræ. In the cervical region they are best developed, consisting of rounded muscular and tendinous fasciculi, and are placed in pairs, passing between the anterior and the posterior tubercles respectively of the transverse processes of two...

SUBOCCIPITAL : obliquus capitis (inferior, superior) | rectus capitis posterior (major, minor) The first spinal nerve, the suboccipital nerve exits the spinal cord between the skull and the first cervical vertebra, the atlas. ... In anatomy, the obliquus capitis inferior muscle, the larger of the two oblique muscles, is one of the muscles of the neck. ... It arises from the lateral mass of the atlas bone. ...

THORAX: diaphragm | intercostales (externi, interni) | levatores costarum | serratus posterior (inferior, superior) | subcostales | transversus thoracis Diagram of a tsetse fly, showing the head, thorax and abdomen The thorax is a division of an animals body that lies between the head and the abdomen. ... Under surface of the human diaphragm. ... The Levatores costarum, twelve in number on either side, are small tendinous and fleshy bundles, which arise from the ends of the transverse processes of the seventh cervical and upper eleven thoracic vertebrae; they pass obliquely downward and lateralward, like the fibers of the Intercostales externi, and each is inserted... The tranversus thoracis lies internal to the thoracic cage, anteriorly. ...

ABDOMEN: cremaster | obliques (external, internal) | psoas (major, minor) | pyramidalis | quadratus lumborum | rectus abdominis | transversus abdominis The human abdomen Footballer John Arne Riise flashing his abdominals The human abdomen (from the Latin word meaning belly) is the part of the body between the pelvis and the thorax. ... The cremaster muscle appears as a thin layer just superficial to the tunica vaginalis. ... The internal oblique is the intermediate muscle of the abdomen, lying just underneath the external oblique and just above (superficial to) the transverse abdominal muscle. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Rectus abdominis The rectus abdominis muscle is a paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the human abdomen (and in some animals). ... The transversus abdominis muscle, also known as the transverse abdominal muscle, is a muscle layer of the anterior and lateral abdominal wall which is deep to the internal oblique muscle. ...

PELVIS: pubococcygeus | levator ani The pelvis is the bony structure located at the base of the spine (properly known as the caudal end). ... The pubococcygeus muscle or PC muscle is an important muscle in the human body. ... The Levator ani is a broad, thin muscle, situated on the side of the pelvis. ...

PERINEUM: bulbospongiosus | corrugator cutis ani | ischiocavernosus | sphincter ani (externus, internus) | sphincter urethrae membranaceae | transversus perinei (profundus, superficialis) The muscles of the male perineum In anatomy, the perineum is the region between the genital area and the anus in both sexes. ... Bulbospongiosus is one of the superficial muscles of the perineum. ... The Corrugator cutis ani muscle is a muscle of the human body. ... The ischiocavernosus muscle is a muscle just below the surface of the perineum, present in both men and women. ...